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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Korea ==> SE Asia

« on: May 13, 2022, 1333 UTC »

 Very weak on 11735 khz  @1320 utc with YM hosting in Mandarin.  Female choir music at 13:22.   Military music at 13:25.  Just barely audible with YL joining in at 13:30.

SINPO: 12111 on the FRG 7700.   R75 deaf .

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Free Asia via Tinian Island

« on: May 05, 2022, 1407 UTC »

12140 KHZ  @13:50 UTC in Burmese. YM/YL hosting dialogue out of Tinian Island, Northern Mariannas.   Canned ID YM  in English " You have been listening to Radio Free Asia" @ 13:59 and QRT 10 seconds later.

SINPO: 2-3-2-3-2
TARGET: SE Asia

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Shortwave Broadcast / KCBS 11680 khz

« on: May 05, 2022, 1312 UTC »

@ 12:56 UTC with military music Sinpo 23233 via Pyongyang 50 KW.  Switched to Kanggye transmitter 50 KW  Sinpo 12212 at TOH with 6 minute news break. Back to music with piercing female vocals at 13:07. 

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MW Loggings / WSQR 1180 KHZ

« on: May 04, 2022, 1508 UTC »

14:54. JUMP.    Van Halen
14:56. DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE.    Huey Lewis and the News
14:59.Canned ID.   "WSQR, Sycamore". (Illinois)
15:00 TOH News block

900 scratchy daytime watts
Tecsun 990X with internal

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Shortwave Broadcast / UNID 16100 KHZ

« on: May 03, 2022, 1428 UTC »

 @ 14:20 UTC , Oriental dialect.    Probably Firedrake - Signal too strong for SOH.   Rare reception on this frequency.

SINPO: 3-3-3-4-3 on the R75 with preamp one engaged

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Shortwave Broadcast / VOA on 17530 khz

« on: April 26, 2022, 1349 UTC »

4-4-3-4-4 in Somali @ 13:40.  Various males engaged in a spirited discussion.

TX:  Santa Maria di Galeria
TARGET: East Africa

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Shortwave Broadcast / CRI on 17650

« on: April 22, 2022, 1332 UTC »

17650 khz @ 1316 utc  with OM/YL interview in French.   Music with female vocals @ 13:26.   Back to YL host at 13;30.  Very weak but steady signal.

SINPO: 2-2-1-4-2
TARGET:  Southern Europe

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Shortwave Broadcast / BBC on 15435 khz ===> Far East

« on: April 08, 2022, 1625 UTC »

15435 khz @ 1606 utc in Korean.  EIBI shows this broadcast but short-wave.info does not (only shows Radio Saudi on this time/freq in Arabic but that was nowhere to be found.    YL/OM
English language  lesson at 16:20
Solid signal out of the Philippines this morning.

SINPO: 3-4-3-4-4 on the Sangean ATS-909x with only the whip
TX:  Tinang

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Republica ===> Cuba

« on: April 08, 2022, 0242 UTC »

Very strong in Spanish on 9490 KHZ @ 02:31 with 2 male interview. 

SINPO: 4-4-4-5-4

TX:  150 KW out of Issoudun, France.

(This post might be better posted in Clandestine)

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Shortwave Broadcast / CRI---> Europe in English

« on: April 05, 2022, 1344 UTC »

15590 khz @ 1329 utc in English.  "The Beijing Hour" program with news and features hosted by  "Shane Biggum""  covering features from COVID, South Africa, Ukraine.

 13:35 Extended feature on China/Germany economic deficits
 13:41 Growth of European economy  amid "Ukraine/Russian conflict"

SINPO: 3-2-3-4-3  Stable signal strength but consistand moderate QRN
TARGET:  Europe
TX:  Urumqi, China

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Free Asia via Tajikstan

« on: April 05, 2022, 1304 UTC »

17690 KHZ  @ 12:55. in Tibetan to Far East.  YM/YL dialogue.  Just caught this prior to 12:59 QRT (15 seconds early).

SINPO:  3-3-4-3-3
TARGET: Far East
TX:  Dushanbe

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Shortwave Broadcast / CRI ==> Oceania

« on: April 01, 2022, 1216 UTC »

9760 KHZ  @ 1206 UTC with world news in English  focusing on the Ukrainian war,  current situation in Afghanistan, etc etc.    Very nice signal this morning just outside the tailing edge of the grayline.

SINPO: 3-4-3-4-4.
TX. Kunming

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Shortwave Broadcast / BBC on 12025 KHZ

« on: March 30, 2022, 1513 UTC »

@ 15:02 in English with YL/OM hosting world news program covering mostly the Ukraine situation  but also a feature on the return of the American astronaut from the ISS.   
 Weak and noisy from Singapore.

SINPO: 2-2-1-2-2

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Shortwave Broadcast / UNID 11825 khz

« on: March 29, 2022, 1523 UTC »

Weak signal.  YL hosting narrative @ 15:03 . No guests. Female vocal song @ 15:22.  Language undetermined.  All usual freq/time sources come up empty Back to YL @ 15:25.   Still no ID
QRT 15:30

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Shortwave Broadcast / UNID 17725 KHZ

« on: March 27, 2022, 1655 UTC »

17725 khz @ 16:45 YL/YM dialogue in a staccato Asian dialect.   Strong background brass music.
  S3-5
Muddy and fluttering.      QRT 16:59